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Show , WSM Monday April 2, 2007 Local News & Classified Ads YOUR TOWN YOUR NEIGHBORS kuur 3 wiiillmleMlp www.heraldextra.cwn IN THE Mi.t.., News at even hours 2.4.8.3.10.12 Utah Valley edition 50 CENTS YOUR NEWSPAPER M picture' McCain: Americans don't see Senator says visits to Baghdad market shows the progress inJraq Sudarsan Raghavan and Saad THE WASHINGTON McCain, who isseeking the Republican presidential nomination, cited a drop in murders, the creation of a constellation of joint military outposts and a rise in intelligence tips as signs of the progress... "These and other indications are reason for cautious optimism," said McCain, of Arizona, voicing an observation increasingly heard from al-lz- zi POST U.S.-Ira- BAGHDAD After a heavily guarded walk through a newly fortified Baghdad market, Sea John McCain declared that the American public was not getting "a full picture" of the progress unfolding in Iraq. port, never have I been able to go out into the city as I was today," said McCain. "But I am not saying 'Mission Accomplished.' ... It's a very U.S. officials. difficult task ahead of us." The senator and three other Republican memHis comments came on a day when the bers of Congress appeared most impressed by military reported that six American soldiers their visit to Shorja market, citing the hour they were killed by roadside bombs southwest of spent there as proof that Baghdad was getting Baghdad. Murder rates are down, but suicide safer under a nearly bombings continue to plague the capital, and security offensive. "Never have I been able to drive from the air See MCCAIN, A6 seven-week-o- Teens buying General Conference alcoholic energy drinks V Natalie Andrews HERALD DAILY 1 JZmJmTam'm f """" ""' m" I'' llil' H T.r. ''.....'.....:.: IST. EJ-v- Rod Stewart drinks them. Hilary Duff drinks the no sugar version. Snowboarder Shaun White keeps it in his coat pocket. They're "energy drinks," and while the quantity of caffeine is a cause of concern for many, the fact that some now come with alcohol ' has the attention of the Utah County Heath Department. "An environment has been created where the consumer knows very little about the product," said Pat Bird, prevention manager for Utah 1 - ' COBB CONDIEDaily Herald Hinckley addresses the congregation at the newly renovated Tabernacle on Temple Square during the Saturday afternoon session of the 177th Annual General Conference. President Gordon B. See LDS president defends church's faith Jennifer Dobner ' ' THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ' ' followers safe travels, peace in their homes, the The Church of Jesus Christ biannual Saints closed a two-da- y of Latter-daconference Sunday by reminding the faithful to treat each other with care. "Husbands, tove and treasure your wives. They are your most precious possessions. Wives, encourage and pray for your husbands. They need all the help they can get," President Gordon B. Hinckley said. "Parents, treat your children with great kindness. They are the coming generation who will bring honor to your County Substance Abuse. "Most people aren't even aware that some energy drink manufacturers are adding alcohol to their beverages," Bird said. "They can be extremely hard to identify, using such .1 Wishing DRINKS, A5 Iran airs new video of sailors NassercKarimi y THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . name." Earlier the Hinckley told Latter-da- y Saints he is in good health despite "rumors - to the contrary " "Skillful doctors and nurses keep me on track and some of you may go before I do," the 96- Hinckley said, drawing laughter from year-olthose gathered in the downtown Conference Center near church headquarters. See CONFERENCE, A6 n rtf " d COBB CONOIEDaily Herald. Saints Thomas S. Monson of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y conducts the Saturday morning session of general conference in the Conference Center. Iranian TEHRAN, Iran state television aired new video Sunday showing two of " the 15 captured British sailors pointing to a spot on a map of the Persian Gulf where they were seized and acknowledging it was in Iranian territorial waters. Britain's Foreign Office immediately denounced the video, saying it was "completely unacceptable for these pictures to be shown on TV." Adding to tensions between the two countries, about 200 angry Iranian youths chanting "Death to Britain" and "Death See Study: Pregnancy weight gain leads to fat toddlers amount of weight ran four ily Oken of Harvard Medical times the risk of having a School. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS child who was overweight at But beyond that, it's too The stanage 3, compared to women NEW YORK early to say whether women who gained less than the adshould try to gain less than dard advice for how much . should gain vised amount. the standards call for or shoot woman a weight The outcome was about the for the low end of the recomduring pregnancy may need to changed, concludes a rigor- same for women who gained mended range, Oken said. At more than the advisable least the latter course is probous and provocative study ably safe, she said suggesting that even accept- , amount. Some other experts urged ed weight gains may raise the , So what's a pregnant that pregnant women not try risk of having an overweight woman to do? Clearly, she shouldn't gain more weight to gain less weight than rectoddler. than recommended, said the ommended. Women In the study who In any case, Oken said, it's study's lead author, Dr. Em gained the recommended Malcolm Ritter too soon to call for a revision of the standard guidelines. , The study appears in the April issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & (. Gynecology. It focuses on guidelines issued in 1990 by the Institute of Medicine, a private nongovernmental organization that advises the federal government. The guidelines recommend differing amounts of weight gain depending on how much a woman weighed before pregnancy, as measured by a combination of her height and weight called the body-mass index. Those with a "normal" BMI are encouraged to gain 25 to 35 pounds, for example. Women with a higher BMI, meaning they are heavier at a given height, get lower targets, while women with a lower BMI are given a higher A5 INSIDE BRIEFINGS A3 EDITORIAL A4 a STYLE II Cloudy COMICS ,M SPORTS CI HIGH 60 LOW 38 KIFE SCOREBOARD CS OUR TOWNS D1 OBITUARIES Dl 04 WEATHER range. 6 See WEIGHT, A6 VIDEO, VOLUME M ISSUE 243 ,lB61055 000501 |